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Table 2 Numbers of foreign-born footballers per selected national team at the FIFA World Cup (1930–2108)

From: Has the World Cup become more migratory? A comparative history of foreign-born players in national football teams, c. 1930-2018

National football team

# Selected footballers

# Foreign-born footballers

% Foreign-born footballers

Nations of Immigrants

 United States of America

212

48

22,64%

Countries of Immigration

 Belgium

283

10

3,53%

 England

335

11

3,28% a

 France

329

62

18,84%

 Germany

423

55

13,00% b

 The Netherlands

223

16

7,17%

 Sweden

267

2

0,75%

 Switzerland

246

35

14,23%

Latecomers to Immigration

 Italy

400

20

5,00%

 Spain

335

15

4,48%

 South Korea

223

7

3,14%

Former Countries of Immigration

 Argentina

377

5

1,33%

 Brazil

465

0

0,00%

 Mexico

353

10

2,83%

 Uruguay

290

6

2,07%

  1. Source: G. van Campenhout
  2. a England’s percentage of foreign-born footballers is rather low, when compared with France, which partly derives from differences in citizenship regimes
  3. b In the case of foreign-born footballers in the national team of Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany (West-Germany) is taken as its forerunner. Players born in East-Germany are considerd foreign-born which, partly, explains Germany’s high percentage of foreign-born footballers